cousin_it comments on Working Mantras - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 August 2009 10:08PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 25 August 2009 11:32:13AM *  2 points [-]

You sound like a manipulative and troubled person, what's wrong with you? :-)

Eliezer wishes to maximize expected utility. If that means dying for a 0.001 chance of saving the world, he's willing to do that. If the dice fall unfavorably, he's willing to accept that.